Gara Garayev
- Sound
- February 5, 1918 · Baku, Bakinskaya guberniya, People's Republic of Azerbaijan
- May 13, 1982
Biography
Gara Abulfaz oghlu Garayev (Azerbaijani: Qara Əbülfəz oğlu Qarayev, Russian: Кара́ Абульфа́зович Кара́ев (Kara Abulfazovich Karayev), February 5, 1918 – May 13, 1982), also spelled as Qara Qarayev or Kara Karayev, was a prominent Soviet Azerbaijani composer. Garayev wrote nearly 110 musical pieces, including ballets, operas, symphonic and chamber pieces, solos for piano, cantatas, songs, and marches, and rose to prominence not only in the Azerbaijan SSR, but also in the rest of the Soviet Union and worldwide.
Known for
Filmography
- The 309th Room: Qara Qarayev · Self
- Seven Beauties · Music, Story
- Nizami · Music
- Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment · Music
- Man Casts an Anchor · Music
- The Great Patriotic War · Music
- Leyli and Majnun · Music
- Matteo Falcone · Music
- Real Friend · Music
- The Golden Echelon · Music
- Sea Conquerors · Music
- Her Great Heart · Music
- On Distant Shores · Music
- The Fires of Baku · Music
- Don Quixote · Music
- History Lesson · Music
- Two Boys from the Same District · Music
- Vietnam · Music
- The Caspian Story · Music
- A Family · Music